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48Hour Launch is less than a week away! Tuesday, November 08, 2011

On Thursday, we had our pre-event pitch night, where over 120 people packed into the room to hear ideas being pitched and to find the right team to join for the weekend launch.

In case you missed it, you can read about it in the Times Free Press article, and you can watch the videos of the 3 minute presentations below.

If one of these ideas catches your interest, let them know by commenting on their post with your response, especially if you would like to contribute your skills to their team over the 48Hour Launch weekend!

Social Innovation Launch:

OPEN in East Lake: Barbara Brayford
Chattanooga Soul, Your Community Terminal: Mike Thompson
Chinese Rock Garden: Bob Edwards
Online Open City Budget: Andrae McGary
Web & Mobile Neighborhood Watch App: Chris Enter
Sickle Cell Awareness Campaign: Sandra Affare
Open Chattanooga: Tim Moreland
ChattaFont: Jeremy Dooley and DJ Trischler
“All Things Green” Map of Chattanooga: Clifton Burriss
Neighborhood Youth Soccer Tournament: Ben Johnson
Web and Mobile Community Calendar: Dustin Coker
Multi-modal Trip Planner: Jenny Parker
The Awesome Foundation: Bijan Dhanani
Educontribution.org: Reed Tomlinson

Follow these on Causeway.org as well. If you want to join a team, comment under the ‘cause’ and add your skill set as a ‘way’ to make this happen!

Product Launch

Modern “wireless” Computer Desk: Paul Thompson
Grocery Kiosk: Clay Odom
Natural Beautiful Me: Alexis Willis

Technology Launch:

Web Based Reservation System: Colin Rymer
Medical Adherence App: Mac Gambill and Phil Beene
ComplexCity: Hoyt Jolly
Crowdsourced Water Quality App: Taylor McDonald
Nibble: Reid Cooper
Let’s Get Foodie Online Magazine: Matt Baxter and Chante Newcomb
Tech Services and Training for Nonprofits: David White
Job Ninja: Ernie Dempsey

Learn more by visiting CO.LAB.

Posted by Dave Walker in Economy in Culture
Photography Lecture & Exhibition at UTC

UTC will host Martina Shenal in a lecture and exhibition, titled: “Borrowed Views”, the evening of Thursday November 10th.

The photographs in this exhibition are loosely based on the Japanese: shakkei, (borrowed views, borrowed scenery) that refers to a 17th c. garden concept/element. All about foreign views…it has since been co-opted as a framing mechanism for the top gardens in Japan, where a literal (usually a mountain) in the distance is “framed” into a very particular vantage point and the garden is designed around it. Connected to the picturesque style, it has become a conscious manipulation of nature to create foregrounds, middle grounds + backgrounds to highlight a selection of formal elements.

Martina Shenal is an Assistant Professor of Art in the Photography division at The University of Arizona. She earned her MFA from Arizona State University and a BFA from The Ohio State University. Prior to relocating to Tucson, Shenal was an Assistant Professor of Art at the Memphis College of Art from 1998-2004. Since 2005, she has also served as the Assistant Director of the School of Art.

Shenal has received numerous grants and fellowships including two Professional Development Grants from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, a Visual Art Fellowship from the Tennessee Arts Commission, a Western States Art Federation/National Endowment for the Arts Regional Fellowship in New Genres, and a Contemporary Forum Artist’s Materials Grant from the Phoenix Art Museum. Solo and two-person exhibitions of her work have been held at the UC Berkeley Extension Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Phoenix Center for Contemporary Art, Phoenix, AZ; Second Floor Contemporary, Memphis, TN; Arizona State University Art Museum, Matthews Center; Tower Fine Art Gallery SUNY-Brockport, NY; and the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. Her work is included in the permanent collections of New Mexico State University Art Museum, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Center for Creative Photography, among others.

Martina Shenal: Borrowed Views
Lecture: 5:30-6:30pm UTC Fine Arts Center room 356
Opening Reception: 6:30-8:30pm Apothecary

Apothecary is located in the Doctor’s Building at the corner of McCallie and Palmetto.

For more info:
www.martinashenal.com
email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

The lecture and exhibition are free and open to the public.

Posted by Dave Walker in Arts in Culture
CreateHere: A Dynamic Place to Work—Community Yoga Monday, November 07, 2011

CreateHere’s space offers us the flexibility to host very different types of functions, from CityShare to Chattanooga Shakespeare auditions.

CreateHere as a good place for community forums.

CreateHere as a good place for reading.

Every Tuesday from 5-6pm, CreateHere is also a good place for community yoga, taught by Beth Moore Keene. It costs $5, and is open to the public.

Posted by Dave Walker in Culture in Environment
MainX24 Will Soon Be Here!

SAVE THE DATE! DEC. 3, 2011

The 24 hour long neighborhood festival supporting the Southside and celebrating those who love it is just around the corner.

So scope out your parade spot, pick out your pet’s costume, and dig out your party hat. And most important, mark your calendar - it’s an all day thing!

Keep up with MainX24
www.mainx24.com
facebook.com/mainx24
#mainx24

Posted by Dave Walker in Arts in Culture
Regional Growth Planning Process Group Announces Public Meeting Thursday, November 03, 2011

The following is excerpted from a press release issued by the Regional Growth Planning Process group. Here is the press release in its entirety.

What: Join us in laying the groundwork for engaging people from across the region in setting a course for our future. In addition to learning more about the effort, you’ll have a front row seat as three expert teams present their qualifications for facilitating the Regional Growth Planning Process. Your feedback on the expert teams will help determine which of them will coordinate the initiative.

When: Thursday, Nov. 17, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Where: Chattanoogan Hotel (Ballroom), 1201 South Broad St., Chattanooga, TN 37402

Please RSVP to ensure we have adequate seating by emailing .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Please be sure to include your name, company/organizational affiliation, phone number, and email address with your RSVP.

For more information about the process and the expert teams that will be making presentations, please see the following article (linked here) and Q&A:

1)Which counties are included in the footprint for the planning process?
Alabama Counties: Dekalb and Jackson
Georgia Counties: Catoosa, Dade, Murray, Walker, Whitfield (anchored by City of Dalton)
Tennessee Counties: Bledsoe, Bradley (anchored by City of Cleveland), Hamilton (anchored by City of Chattanooga), Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Polk, Rhea and Sequatchie

2)What organizations and companies have participated in the stakeholder group to launch the process?

City of Chattanooga, Hamilton County, City of Cleveland, Bradley County, Whitfield County, Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments, Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency, EPB, Northwest Georgia Regional Commission, Southeast Tennessee Development District, Urban League of Greater Chattanooga, Benwood Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga, Lyndhurst Foundation, Maclellan Foundation, CBL and Associates, Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, McKee Foods, Greater Dalton Chamber of Commerce, Shaw Industries, Cleveland-Bradley Chamber of Commerce, Unum, and CreateHere.

3)What’s the value to citizens?
· A process for effectively managing the accelerated growth the region is already experiencing through unprecedented investments by a number of industries.
· A voice in planning how the region can be more prosperous and generate added economic opportunities for ourselves and our children.
· A forum for better understanding the region’s “big picture” and expressing our ideas, values and priorities.
· The opportunity to join with others in maintaining and enhancing what makes our communities special.

4)What’s the value for business?
· Increased community awareness about public investment decisions that support business growth.
· Greater predictability in future public investments that affect business planning.
· Improved local government collaboration across jurisdictional lines that increases efficiency and minimizes public service costs.

5)What’s the value for local governments?
· Playing a lead role in creating an economic legacy of job creation rooted in regional cooperation that ensures continuing prosperity for generations.
· Improving financial stewardship by aligning public spending with constituent priorities, values and ideas as expressed during the planning process.
· Communicating with residents about the challenges they share with people across the region and engaging them in developing broadly supported solutions.
· Coordinating with neighboring jurisdictions in order to focus on the most impactful efforts that benefit the most citizens for the least cost.

Posted by Dave Walker in Economy in Culture